Abstract
The crystal structures of the title adamantane-oxadiazole hybrid compounds, C18H19FN2O (I) and C18H19ClN2O (II), are built up from an adamantane unit and a halogenophenyl ring, [X = F (I), Cl (Mb in position 5 on the central 1,3,4-oxadiazole unit. The molecular structures are very similar, only the relative orientation of the halogenophenyl ring in comparison with the central five membered ring differs slightly. In the crystals of both compounds, molecules are linked by pairs of C-H center dot center dot center dot N hydrogen bonds, forming inversion dimers with R-2(2)(12) ring motifs. In (I) the dimers are connected by C-H center dot center dot center dot F interactions, forming slabs lying parallel to the be plane. In (II), the dimers are linked by C-H center dot center dot center dot pi and offset pi-pi interactions [interplanar distance = 3.4039 (9) angstrom], forming layers parallel to (10 (1) over bar).